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THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1987

"I IMAGINE IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CONCENTRATING THEIR ATTENTION ON A LOT OF OTHER THINGS. IF YOU LOOK AROUND YOU, YOU CAN SEE THE IMMENSE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING ON, THAT HAS PROBABLY CONCENTRATED PEOPLE'S ATTENTION.

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"WHEN YOU'VE GOT TO A CERTAIN STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT, THEN YOU CAN START TRYING TO TIDY UP AND DEAL WITH THINGS LIKE ENVIRONMENT AND POLLUTION, HE SAID.

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ASKED TO COMPARE

THE

POLLUTION PROBLEM WITH THAT IN YUEN SIR DAVID SAID THAT BOTH NULLAHS WERE SERIOUS POLLUTION AREAS. THEY ARE BOTH AREAS WHERE EFFORTS MUST BE MADE TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION AND WHERE EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE TO IMPROVE IT.

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"BUT IN BOTH CASES, IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO GET THE SORT OF STANDARD THAT WE ALL WANT TO SEE, HE SAID.

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COMMENTING ON HIS VISIT TO TUEN MUN, SIR DAVID SAID IT WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE OLD PARTS OF THE AREA AND NEW PARTS WERE BEING BROUGHT TOGETHER.

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'AND OBVIOUSLY THAT CREATES SOME PROBLEMS WHEN YOU DEVELOP NEW TOWN, LIKE POLLUTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

"BUT IT'S VERY ENCOURAGING INDEED TO SEE HOW MUCH HARD WORK BEING PUT IN TO SOLVING ALL THESE PROBLEMS, SIR DAVID SAID.

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ASKED WHY HE CHOSE TO VISIT THE VILLAGE OF LUNG KWU TAAN SIR DAVID SAID HE WAS VERY INTERESTED TO SEE RURAL LIFE IN A TRADITIONAL VILLAGE WHICH WAS ON THE EDGE OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROBLEMS IT FACED.

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"I WAS VERY INTERESTED TO SEE IT. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL AREA, НЕ

GOVERNOR TOURS TUEN MUN

THE

GOVERNOR,

SIR

AND LADY WILSON TODAY DAVID WILSON,

ABOUT THE

AND CHARACTERISTICS (THURSDAY) VISITED TUEN MUN TO LEARN

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS OF THE STILL GROWING NEW TOWN.

SECRETARY,

NEW

TERRITORIES,

MR ON THE

DISTRICT AS

REGIONAL ACCOMPANIED BY THE PETER NG, THEY FLEW BY HELICOPTER TO TUEN MUN FROM HMS TAMAR.

NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES, WAY TO THE NEW TOWN, THE PROJECT MANAGER, MR SIU CHUEN, GAVE A BRIEFING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF WELL AS POLLUTION PROBLEMS.

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